Movies like Tetro
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Tetro (2009)
14K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
Style:
clever, psychological, black and white, enigmatic, talky, intense, serious, surreal, atmospheric, light ...
Plot:
musician, road trip, family relations, art, dysfunctional family, family drama, confession, creativity, adaptation, family secret, haunted by the past, interview, secret, psychology, greed, solitude, brother, family life, society, generation gap, misfit, hospital, birthday, father son relationship, manuscript ...
Time:
year 2009, future
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, new york, usa, patagonia, latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and talky films with plots about family relations, dysfunctional family, death, parents and children, father son relationship, love and storytelling mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Tetro: The Brown Bunny (2003), A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), Behind the Red Door (2003), The Substance of Fire (1996), Cradle Will Rock (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true ...
Style:
controversial, road movie, sexy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
sex scene, longing, road trip, controversy, sex, prostitute, unsimulated sex, drug addict, rape, redemption, explicit sex, lovers apart ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, las vegas, new hampshire ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 70s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, southern usa, usa, alabama ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set in New York and New England (but filmed in Newfoundland), Behind the Red Door stars Kyra Sedgwick as Manhattan-based photographer Natalie Haddad, who enjoys success with her strangely gloomy and foreboding camerawork. When her agent and best ...
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serious, psychological, touching, sincere, realistic
Plot:
aids, family relations, photographer, secret, self discovery, love and romance, estrangement, family life, terminal illness, haunted by the past, siblings relations, parents and children ...
Place:
newfoundland, boston, america, canada, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
writer's life, single father, family bonds, writers, book, family problems, introspection, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Style:
talky, entertaining, intellectual, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
art, artist, politics, government, depression, world politics, greed, capitalism, congress, justice, manipulation, adaptation ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During his twenties, a young man works at various homeless shelters in Boston, where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, homeless, absent father, homeless shelter, writer's life, suicide, anal rape, poet, writers, estrangement, family relations, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, sentimental, independent film, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
friendship, writers, storytelling, eccentricity, alone in the world, character study, writer's life, human nature, buddies, secret, reporter, philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, north carolina ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
estrangement, parents and children, single parent, teenage life, human nature, disability, hospital, self discovery, coming of age, redemption, hopes, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, germany, italy, berlin germany, milan italy
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, depressing, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, loss of son, regret, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, grief, psychology, parents and children, overcoming, redemption, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech ...
Style:
black comedy, cerebral, dark comedy, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
dogme 95, family secret, incest, child abuse, hotel, haunted by the past, pedophile, suicide, birthday party, drunkenness, birthday, party ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
19%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, introspection, family problems, healer, mother son relationship, obsessive quest, estrangement, haunted by the past, grief, winter, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada, minnesota
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.
Style:
bleak, road movie, cerebral, art house, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, brother, childhood, journey, father son relationship, children, survival, parents and children, existentialism, wilderness, road trip, abusive father ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
19%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While the shy, reclusive Earl spends his free time watching movies, the cockier Tully works his way through a succession of short-term affairs and an ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, young lovers, coming of age, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, womanizer, youth, society, couples, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2000
Place:
nebraska, europe, usa, england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, secret, family relations, family reunited, family conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, love, family gatherings, family tragedy ...
Place:
ireland, new york
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James novella, the story frames on 7-year-old Maisie, caught in a custody battle between her mother – a rock and roll icon – and her father. What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos of adult life seen entirely ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
childhood, divorce, child, dysfunctional family, unsupportive parent, custody battle, marriage, family in crisis, family problems, crumbling marriage, starting over, crumbling relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, california
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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, talky, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
13K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.
Style:
independent film, intense, art house, black and white, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sex, divorce, prostitute, feminism, feminist, drinking, male nudity, depression, marriage, extramarital affair, cheating ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style:
meditative, depressing, emotional, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, coming of age, dysfunctional family, murder, teacher, prison life, writers, family relations, theft, parents and children, investigation, loss of sibling ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
california, paris france, italy, phoenix arizona, los angeles ...
Similarity:
19%
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22K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A look at a dysfunctional family dominated by the controlling madness of its matriarch, Eve. Her reluctant husband and their three daughters make doomed efforts to cope with Eve's demands, while also trying to get on with their own lives. But, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship, depression, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, divorce, mother daughter relationship, suicide, attempted rape, three sisters, psychology, character study ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
culture clash, loss of wife, family relations, family feud, society, eccentric family, spouse leaving, widower, car wreck, bare breasts, female nudity, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
usa, southern usa, alabama
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside ...
Style:
independent film, neo noir, sincere, serious, sad ...
Audience:
manly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
friendship, small town, dysfunctional family, closeted homosexual, murder, mental illness, homosexual, psychiatric hospital, mental retardation, death threat, domestic violence, father figure ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
arkansas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style:
depressing, realistic, crying, sentimental, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, therapy, suicide attempt, suicide, grief, coming of age, depression, psychiatrist, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, loner ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, houston texas, middle east ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
baseball, teenage boy, coming of age, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, family relations, confession, youth, family life, parents and children, teenage life, hospital ...
Place:
boston, usa, ireland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, making love, lovers reunited, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, family problems, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, rich and poor, siblings relations, parents and children, family in crisis, dysfunctional family, family life, couples, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, europe, england, usa, harvard university
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, realistic, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, grief, relationships, homecoming, tragedy, family drama, argument ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Chile
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young boy returns to his birth country, Chile, after a long absence. The house in the country where he lived with his family is up for sale and they all gather to bid the place farewell. Their visit to the "magnetic tree", a local ...
Style:
contemplative, surreal, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, homecoming, parents and children, family gatherings, unfulfilled love, road not taken, love and romance, unfulfillment, siblings relations, family reunited, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, teenager, children, vengeance, dysfunctional family, family relations, loss of son, family problems, family in crisis, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
18%
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